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Jewish holiday

Mizgin, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, and her family are living with Rachel Miller's family for the year.
Conflict
For this Syrian Yazidi family and their Jewish hosts, Passover is a refugee story
Muslim groups say their religious holidays belong on school calendars alongside Jewish and Christian holidays that many districts take off.
Education
How to avoid closing your school for Muslim holidays — end Christian and Jewish ones, too
A young boy lights Hanukkah lights in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood.
Lifestyle & Belief
Hanukkah is a block party in Jerusalem — with olive-oil menorahs lighting up the streets
The Living on Earth Almanac
Lifestyle & Belief
Bread and Passover